diff --git a/src/lyx_cb.C b/src/lyx_cb.C
index 4ca5a5a0ff..d61ebf3d1b 100644
--- a/src/lyx_cb.C
+++ b/src/lyx_cb.C
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "frontends/Alert.h"
 #include "frontends/Application.h"
 #include "frontends/FileDialog.h"
+#include "frontends/LyXView.h"
 
 #include "support/filefilterlist.h"
 #include "support/filetools.h"
@@ -404,10 +405,10 @@ string getContentsOfAsciiFile(BufferView * bv, string const & f, bool asParagrap
 
 // This function runs "configure" and then rereads lyx.defaults to
 // reconfigure the automatic settings.
-void reconfigure(BufferView * bv)
+void reconfigure(LyXView & lv)
 {
 	// emit message signal.
-	bv->buffer()->message(_("Running configure..."));
+	lv.message(_("Running configure..."));
 
 	// Run configure in user lyx directory
 	support::Path p(package().user_support());
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ void reconfigure(BufferView * bv)
 	one.startscript(Systemcall::Wait, configure_command);
 	p.pop();
 	// emit message signal.
-	bv->buffer()->message(_("Reloading configuration..."));
+	lv.message(_("Reloading configuration..."));
 	lyxrc.read(libFileSearch(string(), "lyxrc.defaults"));
 	// Re-read packages.lst
 	LaTeXFeatures::getAvailable();
diff --git a/src/lyx_cb.h b/src/lyx_cb.h
index 246799d26c..da520d82b1 100644
--- a/src/lyx_cb.h
+++ b/src/lyx_cb.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ namespace lyx {
 
 class Buffer;
 class BufferView;
+class LyXView;
 
 ///
 extern bool quitting;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ void insertAsciiFile(BufferView * bv, std::string const & f, bool asParagraph);
 ///
 std::string getContentsOfAsciiFile(BufferView * bv, std::string const & f, bool asParagraph);
 ///
-void reconfigure(BufferView * bv);
+void reconfigure(LyXView & lv);
 
 } // namespace lyx
 
diff --git a/src/lyxfunc.C b/src/lyxfunc.C
index 3c1a0f8a6a..c56556c2fd 100644
--- a/src/lyxfunc.C
+++ b/src/lyxfunc.C
@@ -1055,7 +1055,8 @@ void LyXFunc::dispatch(FuncRequest const & cmd)
 			break;
 
 		case LFUN_RECONFIGURE:
-			reconfigure(view());
+			BOOST_ASSERT(lyx_view_);
+			reconfigure(*lyx_view_);
 			break;
 
 		case LFUN_HELP_OPEN: {